Vatican invested in Lapo Elkann and Elton John film
Investments in Malta involving capital held by the Vatican’s Secretariat of State – in real estate, mineral water and websites – have led to investigations by Holy See prosecutors. At the heart of the operations is the Centurion investment fund, based in Valletta

Giovanni Evangelisti and his medal for rigged long jump
Thirty-two years after being unfairly awarded a medal at the Athletics World Championships, the former long-jumper recalls: “I was one of the few athletes who was clean; the use of illegal substances was covered up”. His new passions are painting and sculpture

Planpincieux glacier: “It’s like life in the trenches”
The hotelier Ludovico Colombati and his family live in a mountain refuge on the edge of Planpincieux, about 1000 metres below the glacier. “We’ve put deckchairs in the garden for the technicians who come to carry out surveys; it’s the closest point to the glacier”

Young man stabbed to death for splashing water
Argument at drinking fountain during village festival. Victim was 25-year-old deliveryman, who was stabbed several times and bled to death. A 47-year-old worker with a wife and children confessed to the crime and was arrested a few hours later by carabinieri

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“We left steady jobs and the city to move to the mountains”
At the age of 30, Martina and Andrea decided to reject the idea of a steady job. The couple from Bolzano decided to take over a summer mountain refuge on Mount Mendola. Their dream will come true when the season starts, at 1,073 metres above sea level

Benedict XVI: The Church and the Scandal of sexual abuse
This is the long article that the Pope emeritus, Benedict XVI, wrote in the form of notes on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. It is a thorough and merciless analysis of how this crime was born and spread even in the ecclesiastical world. A crime which is the child of a «moral collapse», and always so difficult to fight. Joseph Ratzinger’s reflection covers half a century of history, and will be published by the German monthly Klerusblatt. Corriere della Sera offers to its readers the exclusive text for Italy

In the footsteps of Father Paolo Dall’Oglio
On 29 July 2013 he arrived in Raqqa. He had an appointment with the leaders of IS, who had just taken over, and of whom the world at the time knew nothing. He was never seen again

Catherine Spaak “was bullied on Italian film sets”
“On the set of the film Brancaleone I was the victim of unpleasant episodes. And of harassment when shooting other films. In 1963, they took away my daughter from me: for the judge, being an actress was tantamount to being a prostitute”

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Ever-present mother crochets at trial over daughter’s death
Emanuela, one of the 32 victims of the Viareggio railway disaster, died ten years ago. Her mother Daniela attends every hearing of the trial: “I crochet because I need to concentrate on something that distracts me slightly from some of the words and arguments I hear in the courtroom”

Five banks investigated and €700m seized over diamond scam
Victims of fraud include rock star Vasco Rossi and other celebrities. Banco BPM, Unicredit, Intesa Sanpaolo, MPS and Banca Aletti are involved in the inquiry, along with the two companies IDB and DPI, for aggravated fraud and money laundering. Rossi reportedly invested €2.5m. Customers also included Federica Panicucci, Simona Tagli and industrialist Diana Bracco

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Matteo Renzi’s parents under house arrest
Tiziano Renzi and Laura Bovoli charged with fraudulent insolvency and issuing false invoices, “maliciously” causing three cooperatives to go under after having emptied their coffers. List of suspects also includes former driver of camper van used by Matteo Renzi when campaigning in PD leadership primaries

Enrico, from catering college to MIT
Linguist, 32, from Iglesias in Sardinia, is working in field of artificial intelligence. “I just went to a catering college, not a high school, and got through university thanks to scholarships. I paid for my time abroad as an Erasmus student with compensation I received after an accident”